Gainward Bliss Golden Sample 7950GT 512mb
Close up - Gainward 7950 GT Bliss Golden Sample
Published: 15th November 2006 | Source: Gainward | Price: |
Gainward have implemented a very sexy cooler on the Gainward 7950 GT. Matt black, with "Gainward Beyond your senses" on it, you're case would not gain "bling" but would certainly gain a very attractive, sleek looking card. The black find on the cooler underneath the drilled front only add to the coolness of the cards look.
The fan is unlabeled but looks to be a good size so hopefully it will prove quiet.
The rear of the card as usual has Gainward's mounting mechanism on it allowing the cooler to be securely attached to the PCB. Gainward put their cards together to a high quality level and this card is certainly not an exception the the rule.
The card is rather more squat that some of the more recently tested cards and takes up a lot less room length ways than say the X1950 pro's that I recently reviewed. This makes it ideal for smaller form factor cases.
The rear of the card as usual has Gainward's mounting mechanism on it allowing the cooler to be securely attached to the PCB. Gainward put their cards together to a high quality level and this card is certainly not an exception the the rule.
The card is rather more squat that some of the more recently tested cards and takes up a lot less room length ways than say the X1950 pro's that I recently reviewed. This makes it ideal for smaller form factor cases.
Here we can see the fins that make up the heat dissipation part of the cooler. Once again this has a sturdy feel to it and looks great.
The whole PCB is covered on this cooler including the power connector. Gainward have opted for a dual slot cooler for the 7950GT, I assume this is due to the fact that it a "Golden Sample" Edition and is guaranteed faster clockspeeds out of the box.
Dual DVI is served up in a red colour for that extra little touch by Gainward. The card attached to both PCI backplates making it securely fastened.
Specifications
* GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT
* GPU Clockspeed: 580+ MHz
* Memory: 512MB 1,4ns DDR3
* Memory Clockspeed: 1500+ MHz
* Pixels per clock (peak) : 24
* Bandwidth: 44,8 GB/s
* Ramdac: 400 MHz
* Bus: PCI-Express
* Cooling: Fan (Two-slot)
* Video-Features: Component, S-Video & Composite Out
* Connectivity: Dvi + Dvi + Video-Out
The card is good looking and is well built. Now let's take a look at the cooler:
Cooling
Specifications
* GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT
* GPU Clockspeed: 580+ MHz
* Memory: 512MB 1,4ns DDR3
* Memory Clockspeed: 1500+ MHz
* Pixels per clock (peak) : 24
* Bandwidth: 44,8 GB/s
* Ramdac: 400 MHz
* Bus: PCI-Express
* Cooling: Fan (Two-slot)
* Video-Features: Component, S-Video & Composite Out
* Connectivity: Dvi + Dvi + Video-Out
The card is good looking and is well built. Now let's take a look at the cooler:
Cooling
The fan runs very slowly even when the card is at full load. Running 45°C at idle and 57°C load (23°C ambient) the cooler is very effective even with nVidia's 90nm part.
The fan is almost silent and I could not hear it over my system fans even when all of them were throttled down all the way. This is definitely a card that could go into a HTPC with a minimal amount of fuss and noise so I am impressed with Gainward's cooling solution.
The card looks good on the outside so let's see how it performs.
The fan is almost silent and I could not hear it over my system fans even when all of them were throttled down all the way. This is definitely a card that could go into a HTPC with a minimal amount of fuss and noise so I am impressed with Gainward's cooling solution.
The card looks good on the outside so let's see how it performs.
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looks good but on page2 in an image it says cooling: fan(one slot)
http://www.overclock3d.net/image.php?id=2099
liked the overclocked chart with the nonoverclocked score, easier to get a good look
http://www.overclock3d.net/image.php?id=2099
liked the overclocked chart with the nonoverclocked score, easier to get a good look
Yeah it does doesn't it?
Ah well: it's from Gainwards website
Ah well: it's from Gainwards website
Great review m8. Card is kinda... eh. I was thinkin bout getting one to replace the X800 128MB PCI-E in my spare rig, but after looking at benches my X800 rips it a new one :O.
Well it's a low-end card so it's not going to be the very best..
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Originally Posted by name='Kempez'
Ah well: it's from Gainwards website
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Great review mate, cheers for that! 
Nice review mate, if I was to build a computer at the minute I would definatly be putting one of those in as they are great value for money and silent 
so you mean that card kills a 7800GS
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Originally Posted by name='limqareb'
so you mean that card kills a 7800GS
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